HomeMy WebLinkAbout121 - 11/20/2007 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES ORDINANCE NO. 121, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to by ordinance from time to time fix, establish,
maintain and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for utility services furnished
by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs expenses and other obligations of
the wastewater utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-277 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, requires that the City
Manager analyze the operating and financial records of the wastewater utility during each
calendar year and recommend to the City Council the user rate fees or adjustments to be in effect
for the following year; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-283 of the City Code provides that the City Manager review the
rates and parameters of the Sewer Plant Investment Fees annually and present them to City
Council for approval no less frequently than biennially; and
WHEREAS, a study of the Sewer Plant Investment Fees was conducted in 2005 which
recommended an increase in Plant Investment Fees of 174%; and
WHEREAS, in light of the magnitude of those proposed increases, City Council
determined in 2005 to buffer the impact of the fees by phasing them in over a three year period;
and
WHEREAS, the first phase of the new fees was adopted by Ordinance 134, 2005 and was
effective January 1, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the second phase of the new fees was adopted by Ordinance 174, 2006 and
was effective January 1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Council's earlier direction, the City Manager now
recommends that the final phase of the fees recommended in 2005 be adopted to be effective
January 1, 2008.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That paragraphs (a) and (d) of Section 26-284 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-284. Sewer plant investment fees and surcharges established.
(a) The schedule of sewer plant investment fees, subject to the exceptions and additional
requirements provided in this Section, is as follows:
Category SPIF
A $3,194.
B and C $2,069. for each dwelling unit or mobile home space
Water meter
Category size (inches) Fee
D, E, F 3/< $ 6,206.
1 16,361.
1%: 28,396.
2 50,963
3 121,484
4 and above Calculated on an individual basis base(
on peak wastewater flow (determined i(
the manner set forth hereinafter) but no
less than the charge for a three-incl
meter.
G Same as equivalent category, plus any
special sanitation district fees.
H Determined pursuant to paragraph (d)
of this Section.
(d) The amount of the plant investment fee and surcharge for each nonresidential
surcharged user, users in Category H and any user that is expected to generate greater
than its proportionate share of peak day flow at the treatment plant for the applicable
category (including both contributed wastewater volume and volume related to
infiltration and inflow), shall be calculated utilizing the following formula:
SPIF = Flow x [Flows + (BOD x BODs) + (TSS x TSS$)]
Where:
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SPIF = Plant investment fee for Category H users and users discharging wastewater with
average concentrations of BOD and/or TSS which exceed those average
concentrations which are set forth in § 26-282(b) under Category E-34
Flow = The user's proportionate share of peak day flow at the treatment plant including
both contributed wastewater volume and volume related to infiltration and inflow
Flows = $5.31 per gallon (unit cost of facilities attributable to treating wastewater flow)
BOD = Average BOD concentration for user category or measured BOD concentration for
the user as determined in accordance with Subsection (c) of this Section, but not
less than 200 mg/1
BOD$ _ $0.0116 per mg/1 (unit cost of facilities attributable to treating BOD)
TSS = Average TSS concentration for user category or measured TSS concentration for the
user as determined in accordance with Subsection (c) of this Section, but not less
than 250 mg/1
TSS$ _ $0.0093 per mg/1 (unit cost of facilities attributable to treating TSS)
Section 2. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein
shall go into effect on January 1, 2008.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day
of October, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of November, A.D.
2007.
i
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day ovember, A.D. 2007.
ay
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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